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...BRAIN DRAIN...
...There’s this saying back home about the brain drain, about how kids go to the States or the U.K. and never come back. I’d hate for that to be me,” she said. “I believe you owe something to the country that raised...
...perennially been a dramatic final weekend between these two clubs lacked the tension of recent years, and Dartmouth’s doubleheader sweep only enforced the substantial gap between the clubs in the standings.“A chance for a winning season in the Ivies is down the drain, so that’s tough to cope with,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said. “We just didn’t do enough today.” DARTMOUTH 5, HARVARD 4It was just another “too little, too late?...
These arguments seem inconsequential when you take a walk along the Fletcher Cove beach. It's not the white-sanded littoral paradise of a thousand movies but a grungy, rock-strewn place. A municipal storm drain releases onto the main part of the beach, and a sign warns that the water issuing from it may be unhealthy. The ugly concrete drain structure is maligned by graffiti - "Rizzo [hearts] Jenny" - and gnats attack any exposed skin as soon as you set foot on Fletcher Cove sand. Big, bulbous, black stink bugs fearlessly investigate your feet as soon...
...Business School is well respected worldwide and, as a result, we have the resources to bring great people from the region to speak about the many impressive investment opportunities available in the region.” Rocha also cited a desire to stop a brain drain that led the best minds of Latin America to come to the United States and other developed nations. “Harvard, MIT, and other schools across the United States have Latin American students who are working on their bachelor and professional degrees,” Rocha said, “and since...